Myofunctional Therapy After Jaw Surgery
CONTINUING EDUCATION REGISTRATION PAGE
Optimizing Function, Stability, and Recovery
Recording available: [START DATE], 2026 – [END DATE], 2028
(60-minute recording, 0.10 ASHA CEUs)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Orthognathic surgery changes the structure. It does not automatically change the patterns the patient built around the old one. This 60-minute prerecorded training walks through what happens to function after jaw surgery, and how myofunctional therapy supports healing, restores oral function, and protects long-term surgical stability.
You will start with the surgical picture: how jaw surgery is planned, what changes anatomically, and what the healing timeline actually looks like stage by stage. From there you will look at the functional changes that commonly show up after surgery in swallowing, breathing, tongue posture, and chewing, and learn how to determine which ones call for intervention and when.
The second half is about the work itself: selecting myofunctional interventions that match where the patient is in healing, collaborating with the surgical team, managing follow-up, and educating patients so the gains hold. Case applications run through the training so the framework stays tied to real patients.
Because this training is prerecorded, you can pause, rewind, and revisit any section at your own pace.
PRESENTER: Iryna Schwartz, MS, CCC-SLP
Iryna is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) specializing in orofacial myofunctional therapy with an emphasis on pre- and post-surgical rehabilitation. With over 10 years of experience as a surgical assistant, she brings a unique interdisciplinary perspective to patient care. Her expertise includes restoring functional patterns related to breathing, chewing, swallowing, tongue posture, and speech following surgical intervention. By combining her backgrounds in dentistry and speech-language pathology, Iryna integrates therapeutic and dental approaches to support airway-focused and interdisciplinary treatment teams.
Financial Disclosure: Iryna Schwartz receives an honorarium from Elevation Movement, LLC for presenting this training.
Non-Financial Disclosure: None to disclose.
TIME ORDERED AGENDA
0–5 min (5 minutes): Welcome, disclosures, and learning objectives
5–15 min (10 minutes): Orthognathic surgery overview — surgical planning and the stages of healing
15–30 min (15 minutes): Common post-surgical functional changes that impact recovery — swallowing, breathing, tongue posture, and chewing
30–40 min (10 minutes): Post-surgical myofunctional rehabilitation — selecting interventions across the healing timeline
40–55 min (15 minutes): Collaboration with the surgical team, surgical follow-up, and patient education
55–60 min (5 minutes): Case applications, recap of learning outcomes, and references
Total: 60 minutes. 1 contact hour = 0.10 ASHA CEUs.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
After completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify the stages of healing that follow orthognathic surgery.
- Analyze common post-surgical functional changes in swallowing, breathing, tongue posture, and chewing that impact recovery.
- Describe appropriate myofunctional therapy interventions for each stage of the post-surgical healing process.
- Explain the role of myofunctional therapy in supporting long-term function and surgical stability.
This course is offered for 0.10 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate Level, Professional Area).
Satisfactory completion statement:
To be reported to the ASHA CE registry, this registration page must be submitted after you complete the recording. To watch the recording, log into your Kajabi portal, go to “The Integrated Therapist” > “September 2026” and the recording will be found under the training tab.
IMPORTANT: For continuing education credit, the training must be completed in its entirety. You will complete a self reflection survey/quiz following completion in order to obtain certificate of completion and be registered to ASHA CE registry. A score of 80% or higher is required to pass.
This training is prerecorded. When can I watch it?
The recording is available on demand in your portal from Sept 2, 2026 through Sept 2, 2028. There is no live event and no Zoom registration. Watch it whenever it fits your schedule, and pause or rewind as often as you need.
How do I obtain continuing education credit?
Upon completion of the recorded training, a survey and quiz is sent electronically via Kajabi and email. You must complete the survey and quiz by clicking submit in order to be reported to the ASHA CE registry and receive a certificate of completion. The certificate of completion will be available for immediate download following submission of your ASHA CEU survey form. This must be completed within 7 days of completing the training.
Who is this for?
This registration page is for SLPs and other clinicians who work with patients before and after orthognathic (jaw) surgery, and who want to strengthen their understanding of post-surgical healing, orofacial myofunctional therapy, airway, and interdisciplinary collaboration with the surgical team. This is an intermediate-level course and assumes working familiarity with orofacial myofunctional therapy principles.
What happens after I sign up?
You are already signed up for The Integrated Therapist and have access to this training as part of your membership. If you want to be reported to the ASHA CE REGISTRY you MUST COMPLETE this registration page (scroll to the bottom and fill out the entire form).
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